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We can’t even keep up with all the Schutz controversy. A fake letter by Schutz saying piece should be taken down was circulated and then debunked. Now there are complaints that Hannah Black, the artist who wrote the letter demanding that the painting be removed and destroyed, isn’t black enough to have signed the protest letter, in which she removed the white signatures after critique, (thanks Facebook). Kara Walker, artist and a former professor of Schutz has weighed in on the controversy over Instagram and says the artwork should be seen. Howard Halle at Time Out shares that view. [The Internet]

This is cute. Gillian Anderson and the Tate Modern have donated a trip to the museum with the actress/activist as a prize in a charity raffle. This is literally my dream friend-crush play date. [Givergy]

Here’s one way to get a consolation prize from gentrification. When Paul Cocksedge was evicted from his long-time London studio to make way for a development, he excavated chunks of the concrete floor to make furniture. [Dezeen]

Artist Corrina Mehiel, 34, has been found murdered in her temporary apartment in Washington, DC. She was living in the capital to work with Mel Chin on his current exhibition at The Corcoran. [The Washington Post]

This is a must-have accessory for electronic music nerds. Avant garde musician Surachai is selling enamel pins with the electrical schematic symbol for “resistance” to raise money for the ACLU. [Bandcamp]

The crowdfunding campaign to build a public sculpture honoring David Bowie has come to an end, way short of its £1 million goal. Honestly, though, London might’ve just dodged a bullet: designs for this never looked good. [Pitchfork]

Here’s an interactive map of the New York City housing lotteries you can enter now for an affordable apartment. [Curbed]

Or if you’re tired of renting, be my (Michael’s) forever neighbor. The Bromo Arts District in Baltimore is offering artists/collectives assistance with applications in response to an RFP for dilapidated buildings. If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own live/work space, gallery, etc… this is a great opportunity. Those applications are due April 10th. [Bromo Arts District]

Healthcare update: The bill failed to pass after the White House caved to the Freedom Caucus demands to that health care providers not need to support basic services like emergency room care, maternity care, and substance abuse, and “moderate’ GOPs peeled off. Now Trump is threatening the GOP that will be stuck with Obamacare (yay!) if they don’t pass the bill. But isn’t that obvious? [The New York Times]

Art Basel Hong Kong sounds like it was interesting: “Better than that was earlier in the afternoon when a man wearing a purple mask and a G-string attached to a bloodied sanitary pad was encircled by a human lasso of suited security guards and then strong-armed out the door. According to Art Basel’s official statement, the fair takes no responsibility.” [ARTnews]

Why were so many female artists written out of art history? It’s an unfortunate fact of most museum collections, but the Guerrilla Girls are making a dent in the art-historical glass ceiling. [The Guardian]

Right, on! NADA is donating half of its ticket sales this year to the ACLU. Acronym orgs unite! [artnet News]

Katie Alice Greer, singer of the D.C. punk band Priests and a solo artist under her initials, K.A.G., talks about why all art is political. Lots of great comments in this interview, but this really stands out, “To me, successful art isn’t someone wagging their finger at you or spelling it out on a chalkboard. I mean, maybe it is, if it’s literature or the written word. Successful art you have to unpack, because it’s interrogating you or what your idea of reality is, or what the world means, or is very beautiful or very complicated, very ugly.” [The Creative Independent]

The city wants to build housing over top of Sunnyside Yard, the massive train yard. This would represent a huge new neighborhood in Queens, but the feasibility study, which paints a rosy picture for this new development, doesn’t include any mention of increased transit options or new hospitals. Also New York State governor Andrew Cuomo controls the MTA portion of the yard and the Feds (Trump) control the Amtrak portion. We may not see this plan come together for another a 100 years. [Crain’s New York]

A brief (read, long and comprehensive) history of art collectives in New York City’s Chinatown. [Hyperallergic]

The SPRING/BREAK art fair says good-bye to their old haunt at the post office, and will take over two floors of an office building in Times Square. [ARTnews]

Sad times everywhere, y’all. At least New Yorkers get to pretend like it’s spring.

The nation’s oldest private museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and its college of art and design will be no more. The National Gallery of Art will assume the museum’s collection and George Washington University will take over the school. A deadline of April 7, 2014 has been set to work out the details. [The Washington Post]

Would you like to know how Kim Kardashian gets her face to look so angular? Facial contouring. Here’s a how-to on getting Kard’s tiger face. [The Hairpin]

New York state will no longer be able to punish juvenile and pregnant inmates with solitary confinement. This comes from an agreement stemming from an ACLU lawsuit challenging this (odd) practice. [Al Jazeera America]

EU foreign ministers are now in talks with Ukraine President Yanukovych. The conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate—a makeshift mortuary for protestors has been set up in the lobby of the Hotel Ukraine. [BBC]

A look at the Menil Drawing Institute, set to open in 2017. [Culture Monster]

Continuing our art world’s unfortunate fascination with celebrity art: James Franco defends Shia LaBeouf’s “art” in a New York Times op-ed. [Vulture]